Thursday Thirteen: When I am an Old Woman

1. I will finally have enough time to catch up on my scrapbooking and sewing.
2. I won’t have to wait until the kids go to bed to watch grownup TV shows.
3. Dinner will be what I feel like making, rather than something I make to please three other people.
4. My cats will like me best, not the kids.
5. I will be able to read for hours a day if I care to.
6. My clothes will always be clean. And if they’re dirty, it will be because I got them dirty myself.
7. Hubby and I will watch more movies together.
8. Hubby and I will still enjoy you-know-what.
9. I will no longer be afraid to speak my mind.
10. I will volunteer for literacy causes.
11. I will miss being able to see my children every day.
12. I will be as good a grandparent to my grandkids as my parents are to my children.
13. I will life life to its fullest.

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Now you’re talking BM. I like this post. Wanting time for yourself – very honest. After the years we will put in raising and caring for our families, we deserve the time. No sugarcoating, just how I like it. I always feel guilty when I want more time for myself. Mother’s guilt, but I think it’s only human.

I love your predictions. How old do you have to be to be considered an old woman? I just turned 55 and am raising a 6 and 9 year old grandchildren, hold down a full-time job and manage rental properties. Love the list – I’m still hoping for time to myself other than at 11pm. Check out my TT

Jolene – I actually do make hubby let me have some time to myself once in a while. Not terribly often, and it may just be an hour to scrapbook while he take the kids outside or whatever, but it works for me. In fact, since I got zero “me” time on Mother’s Day (because we were gone all day), I told him that I’m going to have at least an hour to scrapbook sometime this weekend.

Oh, and our rule about “me” time is that it occurs when both kids are up. We’re usually pretty laidback during LS’s nap time anyway (maybe BB will watch a movie, hubby will play on the computer, and I will read) but this way my me time is a “freebie.”

inthefastlane – right now, I really only have to worry about hubby stealing “my” food but I know that day will come soon.